Everything you need to know about Jaldhaka Hydel Project S.o.: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Jaldhaka Hydel Project S.o.: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Guwahati, June 7 (IANS) Assam has been facing a power crisis since Thursday evening after five central sector power generating stations in the northeast region shut down due to technical problems.
Kaliningrad (Russia), May 16 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia's newest Baltic Fleet warship, the Project 20380 Boiky corvette, was handed over to the navy Thursday, a fleet spokesman said.
New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) Berger Paints has tied up with Bollywood's popular interior designer Sussanne Roshan to introduce 'design rooms theme' titled - Lewis Berger Design Stories.
Moscow, May 7 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia's newest Baltic Fleet warship, the Project 20380 Boiky corvette, will be handed over to the navy May 16, St. Petersburg's Severnaya Verf shipyard said.
Gangtok (Sikkim), May 3 (ANI): The Organization of Musicians and Artists of Sikkim (OMAS) have recently organized a rally in Gangtok to serve as a bridge between the state government and Sikkimese talents in music, performing arts and associated creative activities.
Srinagar, April 15 (IANS) An extremely acute electricity supply situation is hitting businesses, common people and those connected with the tourism industry in the Kashmir Valley.
Shillong, April 10 (IANS) Amid fresh concerns in Bangladesh over the construction of two proposed dams in Meghalaya, State Power Minister Clement Marak said Wednesday construction of the hydropower projects would not have any impact in Bangladesh.
Delhi State BJP chief Vijay Goel has said that in 2010, the CAG and the Shunglu Committee both indicted Sheila Dikshit Government for committing corruption in the projects connected with Commonwealth Games. Again, the CAG has slammed the Delhi Government for corrupt practices adopted in the execution of the much-hyped ?Signature Bridge Project?.
Washington, Mar. 14 (ANI): Teenagers in America continues to lead the nation in smartphone use, with one-quarter of teens accessing the Internet mostly from their cell phones, a new study has found.
New Delhi, Mar 7 (ANI): The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved the implementation of the development of four laning of Bhuban-Dubari-Chandikhole section of National Highway-200 in Odisha under the National Highways Development Project on Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) basis.
Islamabad, Feb 24 (IANS/WAM) The UAE "Project to Assist Pakistan" has said the construction of the Sheikh Zayed Bridge over the Swat river in Pakistan is almost complete.
Washington, Feb 23 (IANS) Six underground radioactive waste tanks at America's most contaminated nuclear site in Washington State in the Pacific Northwest region are leaking, according to the state governor Jay Inslee.
Islamabad, Feb. 20 (ANI): After India won the Kishanganga dispute in the International Court of Arbitration at the Hague against Pakistan, the 969MW Neelum-Jhelum Hydropower Project would be badly affected and would have to be redesigned.
New Delhi, Jan 24 (IANS) He has been taking radio listeners on a storytelling ride through two seasons of "Yaadon Ka Idiot Box", and now, journalist, scriptwriter and lyricist Neelesh Misra is set to launch a series of books that are a compilation of the tales he narrates on the show.
London, Dec 26 (IANS) Humans could make contact with alien life within the next 12 years, says a former official from the British defence ministry's UFO project.
London, December 25 (ANI): Whether alien life exists or not could be confirmed by 2024 with the development of a supersized 1.3bn-pound radio telescope.
Washington, Dec. 12 (ANI): More journalists than ever are languishing in prisons across the world.
Sydney, Dec 9 (IANS) 'Begging' dolphins that interacted with humans for food are at greater risk of getting entangled in nets or hit by boats than other dolphins, says a study.
Chandigarh, Dec 8 (IANS) In its bid to resolve the power crunch in the state, Haryana has approached Bhutan to provide hydel-power, an official said Saturday. The state plans to purchase 2,000 MW power from the country.
Washington, Nov. 11 (ANI): A week before the presidential election, the campaign for Republican candidate Mitt Romney announced that it had been assembling a sophisticated poll-monitoring system, which would use smartphone technology to receive more data in real time, and redirect resources to areas where there may be low turnout to get voters there to the polls.
Chennai, Nov 4 (IANS) The next time when you feel you can't possibly make a film with a few lakh rupees, take a look at names like Srinivas Sunderrajan, Lakshmy Ramakrishnan and Hemant Gaba - all independent filmmakers who have successfully made movies with shoestring budgets.
London, October 29(ANI): Watching a scary movie for just 90 minutes could help burn as much as 113 calories, which is close to the amount burned during a half-hour walk and equivalent to a chocolate bar, a University of Westminster study has revealed.
London, October 22 (ANI): In an attempt to attract more worshippers, the Church of England is revolutionising the way it offers weddings, researchers say.
London, Oct. 17 (ANI): British children spend more than 100 minutes online everyday, compared to their European counterparts who spend an average time of 88 minutes, a new study has found.
Washington, September 26 (ANI): Asian Americans likely to vote in November strongly prefer Barack Obama over Mitt Romney and among these Indian Americans show the strongest support for Obama, according to two reports released by the National Asian American Survey.
London, Sep 13 (IANS) Singer Dannii Minogue tumbled at an event here after she lost balance on some steps.
New York, September 2 (ANI): British singer Seal has accused his estranged wife Heidi Klum of having an affair with her bodyguard, setting the gossip mill spinning that the supermodel's cheating led to the couple's split.
Imphal, Aug 30 (IANS) A citizens' group Thursday opposed the formation of an India-Bangladesh joint sub-group on Manipur's Tipaimukh power project.
London, August 9 (ANI): Scientists analysing new fossils discovered east of Lake Turkana, Kenya, have confirmed that there were two additional species of our genus - Homo - living alongside our direct human ancestral species, Homo erectus, almost two million years ago.
London, August 4 (ANI): George Clooney has put one of his many cars on the auction block.
Kolkata, July 16 (IANS) As many as 40,000 people were affected as large parts of Jalpaiguri and Darjeeling districts of north Bengal remain submerged with all the rivers overflowing in the incessant rains, a district official said Monday.
New York, July 3 (IANS) Actress Katie Holmes has stopped wearing her wedding ring after filing for divorce from Tom Cruise last week.
London, June 24 (IANS) Stonehenge was built as a monument to unify Britain, after a long period of conflict and regional difference between eastern and western parts of the landmass, says a new finding based on 10 years of archaeological investigations.
Srinagar, June 21 (IANS) Facing fire over power woes in Jammu and Kashmir, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Thursday came down heavily on those who indulge in power theft and asked people to prepare themselves to pay according to the prevailing market price.
Washington, June 15 (ANI): The world's first collective graveyard of a herd of mammoths has been discovered at the excavation site for coal in Serbia.
London, June 13 (IANS) Russian business tycoon Roman Abramovich is about to lose his title as the owner of the world's largest private yacht after a staggering 590-feet vessel being built in Germany is completed, it was reported here.
Washington, May 28 (ANI): Scientists often point to genes when asked about factors that allow centenarians to reach age 100 and beyond.
Washington, May 25 (ANI): Scientists often point to genes when asked about factors that allow centenarians to reach age 100 and beyond.
Jammu, May 23 (IANS) Terming existing agreements on hydro-electric projects in Jammu and Kashmir as discriminatory, patron of the main opposition People's Democratic Party (PDP) Mufti Mohammad Sayeed Wednesday asked the state government to "renegotiate" these with NHPC.
New Delhi, Apr 19 (ANI): Prime Minsiter Dr. Manmohan Singh congratulated all the scientific and technical personnel of the DRDO and other related organisations for the successful launch of 5,000 km range Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Agni-V on Thursday morning.
New Delhi, Apr 19 (ANI): Defence Minister AK Antony congratulated Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) scientists for the successful launch of 5,000 km range Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Agni-V on Thursday morning.
Washington, Apr 11 (ANI): Text messaging is often criticized for contributing to illiteracy and high-risk behaviour like reckless driving.
Chennai, April 3 (IANS) In his mesmerising baritone, megastar Amitabh Bachchan set the stage alive at the opening ceremony of the fifth season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) with a heartwarming poem written by lyricist Prasoon Joshi.
Washington, Feb 1 (ANI): Researchers have designed a technology that uses magnetic fields to wirelessly charge electric vehicles cruising at highway speeds.
Washington, Feb 1 (ANI): Researchers have designed a technology that uses magnetic fields to wirelessly charge electric vehicles cruising at highway speeds.
Washington, Jan 14 (ANI): New maps produced by the Lyman Alpha Mapping Project (LAMP) aboard NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter have revealed features of the Moon's northern and southern poles in regions that lie in perpetual darkness.
Washington, Jan 14 (ANI): New maps produced by the Lyman Alpha Mapping Project (LAMP) aboard NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter have revealed features of the Moon's northern and southern poles in regions that lie in perpetual darkness.
Washington, Jan 13 (ANI): The more people are informed by newspapers, television and the Internet, the more they stick to the Mediterranean diet, which is the healthiest eating pattern in the world, a new study has found.
Guwahati, Dec 29 (ANI): Members of the All Assam Students Union carried out a torch march against the Assam government to condemn the recent police action on activists who were opposing construction of dams in the state.
London, Sept 23 (ANI): Former US Vice President Al Gore's claim that his latest climate change campaign was watched by 8.6 million people has been refuted when actual figures showed that it was closer to 17,000 viewers.
Rawalpindi, Sept 3(ANI): A Pakistani police constable has been arrested for allegedly trying to sexually assault a Chinese woman working at the new Islamabad airport project.
Washington, Sept 2(ANI): The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) continues to gather intelligence and furnish analysis on a vast array of subjects, but its focus and resources are now increasingly centred on the counterterrorism objective of finding targets to capture or kill, a US media report has said.
Sydney, Sept 1 (ANI): Adelaide's Flinders University is developing a mobile phone communications system that won't need towers.
Islamabad, Sept 1(ANI): Pakistan has failed to get stay from the International Court of Arbitration (ICA) against India's construction of the Kishanganga Hydroelectric Power Project (KHEP).
Islamabad, Aug 29(ANI): It can cost as little as 50 paise for a condom to help a couple space out their family in Pakistan, but many health professionals are dumbfounded on why the message to use the contraceptive is not getting through - either to the population or the government.
London, August 17 (ANI): Thirteen percent of people stage fake calls on their mobile to avoid speaking to people around them, a new study has found.
Srinagar, Aug 14(ANI): The construction of a power project in Tangmarg region of Jammu and Kashmir has opened new avenues of employment for the people and solved the problem of power shortage in the region.
New Delhi, July 27 (ANI): India and Pakistan on Wednesday agreed to that discussions will continue on Siachen, Wullar Barrage/Tulbul Navigation Project and Sir Creek to find a mutually acceptable solution to these issues.
London, July 11 (ANI): Scientists have claimed that high blood pressure, strokes and early deaths could be prevented by replacing salt with seaweed granules in bread and processed foods.
Washington, June 30 (ANI): Researchers, after analyzing new excavations in Indonesia, have claimed that modern humans never co-existed with Homo erectus.
Washington, June 22(ANI): Pakistani views of India have grown increasingly negative in recent years, a new research has found.
Washington, June 22(ANI): Most Pakistanis disapprove of the US military operation that killed Osama bin Laden, and a majority describe the Al-Qaeda chief's death as a bad thing, a new research has found.
Tripoli, June 12 (ANI): Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi is reportedly hiding in 13 feet wide desert water tunnels, some of which are 600 feet deep, in a desperate bid to avoid being attacked by NATO airstrikes over ground.
Washington, June 11 (ANI): Britain's Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, Ed Balls, has denied reports that he had conspired to overthrow former Prime Minister Tony Blair as early as July 2005, saying that the allegations were 'complete and utter total balderdash'.
London, June 10 (ANI): Britain's Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, Ed Balls, had conspired to overthrow former Prime Minister Tony Blair as early as July 2005.
Washington, May 11(ANI): Pakistanis will find it "virtually impossible" to refuse the United States access to Amal al-Sadah, the Yemeni wife of slain Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, a US Army reservist has said, adding that "some embarrassing tidbits" might come out if America gets direct access to her.
Islamabad, May 11 (ANI): Water resources secretaries of India and Pakistan will hold talks in Islamabad for four days from Wednesday on the Wullar Barrage-Tulbul Navigation Project.
Washington, April 26 (ANI): Do you want to keep your brain healthy in old age? Then meet friends, attend parties or just go to the church!
Washington, Apr 16 (ANI): A team of scientists at the National Institutes of Health has become the first to systematically survey the landscape of the melanoma genome, the DNA code of the deadliest form of skin cancer.
New York, Apr. 7 (ANI): Talk show host and one time populist rabble rouser Glenn Beck is leaving his Fox News later this year.
Guwahati, Mar 4 (ANI): The northeast has come in for special attention in the budget proposals for 2011-12 with special budgetary provisions being made for development of infrastructure in the region.
Chennai, Jan 25 (ANI): Thousands of transgender community members held a rally here to mark the annual transgender community celebrations week -2011.
Washington, Jan 22 (ANI): A new man-made project to pump water from the Red Sea into the dry coastal city of Aqaba, Jordan, could turn it into an oasis.
Washington, Dec29 (ANI): Singer-turned-fashion designer Dannii Minogue has revealed that she would love to dress Jennifer Aniston.
London, Dec29 (ANI): A group founded by Hollywood star George Clooney is collaborating with Google, a U.N. agency and anti-genocide organisations to launch satellite surveillance of the border between north and south Sudan to try to prevent a new civil war after the south votes in a secession referendum next month.
Washington, Dec 16 (ANI): Scientists at the University of Guelph have finally discovered why female squirrels are so darn promiscuous.
Washington, Dec 16 (ANI): Scientists at the University of Guelph have finally discovered why female squirrels are so darn promiscuous.
London, Dec 11 (ANI): It seems microblogging site Twitter is here to stay.
Nevada (US), Nov 26 (ANI): "Danes have been receptive to Hinduism", according to Danish Pluralism Project study launched by Faculty of Theology of University of Aarhus in Denmark.
Washington, Nov 17 (ANI): A new study has pointed out that disadvantaged kids are more likely to drop out of high school, become premature parents and raise their own children in poverty.
Guwahati, Nov 14 (ANI): All Assam Students Union (AASU) has warned the state and central governments to stop the construction of mega dams in Assam.
Beijing, Sept 28 (ANI): China is all set to launch its second lunar probe, Chang'e-2, by early October, which would be the 58th satellite to be launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in the country.
New York, Sept 20 (ANI): Actress Katie Holmes loves dressing up daughter Suri despite criticism from 'Project Runway' style guru Tim Gunn.
London, Sept 15 (ANI): Scientists say that a blood test at the age of 60 can accurately predict the risk that a man will die from prostate cancer within the next 25 years.
Melbourne, Sept 9 (ANI): 'Project Runway' mentor Tim Gunn has in his new book said that Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes should not dress their daughter Suri in heels as it is "sick".
New Delhi, Aug.13 (ANI): Minister of External Affairs S.M.Krishna said on Thursday that the work on Kishenganga Hydroelectric Project is in progress.
Washington, July 27 (ANI): Researchers have found that mothers who shower their infants with affection equip them to cope well with life stressors as adults.
Jorhat (Assam), July 10 (ANI): The All Assam Student's Union (AASU) supporters blocked all national highways of Assam on Saturday to protest against the price rise of essential commodities.
Jorhat (Assam), July 10 (ANI): The All Assam Student's Union (AASU) supporters blocked all national highways of Assam on Saturday to protest against the price rise of essential commodities.
London, June 28 (ANI): Neelam Jhelum Hydroelectric Project is located near Muzaffarabad, capital of Pakistani Administered Kashmir. It aims to dig a tunnel and divert water of Neelam River from Nauseri, about 41 KM East of Muzaffarabad.
Bhopal/ New Delhi, Apr 29 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivaraj Singh Chauhan has reportedly written a letter to the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, expressing dissatisfaction over a Union Environment and Forests Ministry's order to stop the Maheshwar Dam construction.
New Delhi, Apr 22 (ANI): Over a thousand oustees of the controversial Maheshwar Dam all on an indefinite hunger strike over a demand for the immediate suspension of construction.
Imphal, Apr 3 (ANI): Manipur, a land of pristine natural beauty consists of valleys surrounded by magnificent hills that are inhabited by different tribal communities.
Washington, March 30 (ANI): A team of archaeologists has suggested that a burrito-like 1,700-year-old sarcophagus found in an abandoned city near Rome could contain the body of a gladiator or a Christian dignitary.
New York, Mar 18 (ANI): Friends have dismissed reports that Rebecca Hall was the reason behind Kate Winslet and Sam Mendes' split.
Washington, Feb 4 (ANI): A new report has revealed that Twitter has not caught on as other technologies have with American teenagers, with only 8 percent of online teens embracing it.
Washington, January 23 (ANI): Reports indicate that a renewable-energy "oasis" slated to be built this year may serve as a proving ground for new technologies designed to bring green living to the desert.
Berlin, January 20 (ANI): Scientists in Freiburg, Germany, have developed a highly sensitive, miniaturized mobile ozone sensor that can be used not only in air, but also in water and in the vicinity of explosive gases.
Washington, December 21 (ANI): Archaeologists working in Akron, Ohio, claim to have found the world's oldest three-dimensional representation of Santa Claus, in the form of a figurine dating back to 1884.
Washington, October 29 (ANI): A group of scientists working in the Kuril Islands off the east coast of Russia has documented for the first time the scope of tsunami-caused erosion and found that a wave can carry away far more sand and dirt than it deposits.
